News Archive

Svanstedt stable perfect in NYSS at BataviaJuly 27, 2017
Ake Svanstedt put on a training and driving clinic in the $108,600 New York Sire Stakes (NYSS) for 2-year-old trotting fillies at Batavia Downs on Wednesday night (July 26) winning all four divisions he competed in, going wire to wire with each and even equaling a track record with one.
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Takter sending out Blood Line in AdiosJuly 27, 2017
As a Hall of Fame, high-profile trainer, it's hard for Jimmy Takter to fly under the radar. Yet that's exactly what he's done with Blood Line, who'll compete in Saturday's $400,000 final of the Delvin Miller Adios Pace for the Orchids at The Meadows. Blood Line goes from post 8 with Mark MacDona[read more]

Haughton, Doherty elims on tap Friday at Big MJuly 27, 2017
As the 2017 Championship Meet at the Meadowlands draws to its Aug. 5 conclusion, the stakes action increases to a fever pitch. Friday night brings with it elimination races for the track's top freshman trotting races, the Peter Haughton and Jim Doherty Memorials.
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Handicappers weigh in on Spirit of Mass TrotJuly 27, 2017
Ten prominent national harness racing analysts and handicappers have weighed in on who they believe will win the $250,000 Spirit of Massachusetts trot to be held at Plainridge Park on Friday.
Post time for the first race Friday is 4 p.m. Post time for the Spirit of Massachusetts Trot is estimate[read more]

Walner suffers slight injury, out of HambletonianJuly 27, 2017
Walner, the favorite to win this year's Hambletonian, will not be entered in the Aug. 5 trotting classic after suffering a slight injury. First reported Thursday afternoon by The Hambletonian Society, trainer Linda Toscano confirmed the news shortly after to harnessracing.com.
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Pinkman back in action Friday at MeadowlandsJuly 27, 2017
Pinkman returns to action for the first time in nearly 10 months on Friday, facing five foes in the preferred handicap at the Meadowlands Racetrack. The 5-year-old gelding, whose last visit to the winner's circle at the Big M followed his victory in the 2015 Hambletonian, was absent because of s[read more]

Adios, Walner news in new Weekend Preview!July 27, 2017
Good news and bad news in the new and free HarnessRacing Weekend Preview. The good news is that racing will hopefully see an epic battle in Saturday's Adios at The Meadows when Fear The Dragon and Huntsville go the post. The bad news is that trainer Linda Toscano has announced that the top-ranked [read more]

Ohio State Fair races held at SciotoJuly 27, 2017
Wednesday night at Scioto Downs two nights of the Ohio State Fair racing brought in three divisions of 2-year-old filly pacers and trotters.
The three divisions of pacing races went for total purses of $141,000 and the trotting races consisted of a $126,000 total pur[read more]